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The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.

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NAD Urges FCC and Industry to Protect VRS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) recently learned that individuals across the United States were arrested for conspiring to defraud the Video Relay Service (VRS) program, administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The NAD is disappointed by these serious and significant allegations. VRS is a critical service that gives deaf and hard of hearing people the ability to communicate in American Sign Language with hearing people over the telephone network.

Marlee Matlin Rocks for the NAD on Capitol Hill and at the FCC

Fri, 13 Nov 2009

Marlee Matlin, Academy Award winning actress, author, and spokesperson for the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) for accessible broadband services and Internet media, rocked for access on Capitol Hill last week and testified at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) field hearing on the National Broadband Plan.

Relay Consumer Alert: 800 Numbers No Longer Interoperable

Tue, 10 Nov 2009

The NAD has learned that a major Video Relay Service (VRS) provider removed all toll-free 800 numbers from the relay service number database to comply with a recent Public Notice issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As a result of the FCC decision, people who use videophones provided by VRS providers cannot call other people whose 800 numbers/videophones are supported by this major VRS provider.

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Submitted by Deaf Pundit—Fri, 20 Nov 2009

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As many members of the Deaf Community, and especially those in the Deaf Education field know, there is a severe nation-wide shortage of Deaf Education teachers who are proficient in American Sign Language (ASL). According to DeafED.net, there are currently seventy D/HH teacher training programs in the United States, but it is not known exactly how many programs train the future teachers to use ASL.

Submitted by Alexis.Kashar—Mon, 26 Oct 2009

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com⋅pla⋅cen⋅cy
a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

Submitted by Barbara.Raimondo—Wed, 30 Sep 2009

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If you are a professional in an early intervention program, a teacher of deaf students, a deaf mentor, or if you interact with families with deaf and hard of hearing children in some way, you belong at the National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Conference.

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